Poverty Reduction and Beyond [electronic resource] : Development Strategies for Low-Income Countries /
Ajia Keizai Kenkyūjo (Japan)
Shiraishi, T.editor.
Yamagata, T.editor.
Yusuf, S.editor.
This book highlights strategies for poverty reduction in developing countries, with emphasis on the power of the market mechanism and vigor of the private sector, focusing ODA on a few longer term challenges and leveraging advances in technology to the fullest, and underlining the importance of human rights and security.
"IDE-JETRO."
Proceedings of a symposium held jointly by the Asahi Shimbun, the Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO (IDE-JETRO) and the World Bank, on Nov. 29, 2007, in Tokyo.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Poverty reduction and beyond : how far toward the goals? / Tatsufumi Yagamata and Takashi Shiraishi -- Free markets and economic development / William Easterly -- Reducing poverty through innovation / Shahid Yusuf -- Industrialization cum poverty reduction : the cases of Bangladesh and Cambodia / Tatsufumi Yamagata -- The pledge to end poverty : the image and the reality of international aid for health and population / Simeen Mahmud -- What is happening in "poor" Africa? / Katsumi Hirano -- Poverty reduction and human security : the experience from JICA's foreign aid / Hiroshi Kato and Masanobu Kiyoka -- Panel discussion.
This book highlights strategies for poverty reduction in developing countries, with emphasis on the power of the market mechanism and vigor of the private sector, focusing ODA on a few longer term challenges and leveraging advances in technology to the fullest, and underlining the importance of human rights and security.
Development economics.
Economic policy.
International economics.
Poverty.
Development Economics.
Development Policy.
International Economics.
Development Aid.